{"id":257489,"date":"2025-11-02T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/257489\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:55:09","slug":"magic-125-94-wizards-2-nov-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/257489\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic 125-94 Wizards (2 Nov, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON — \u2014 Paolo Banchero<\/a> had 28 points and 11 rebounds as the Orlando Magic<\/a> beat the Washington Wizards<\/a> 125-94 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Banchero shot 9 for 15 from the field and went 3 of 6 from 3-point range in 26 minutes for his fourth double-double. <\/p>\n

Wendell Carder Jr. added 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Franz Wagner<\/a> scored 25 points as the Magic won consecutive games after an early season four-game skid.<\/p>\n

Orlando outrebounded Washington 53-40 \u2014 a margin that narrowed late \u2014 and held an opponent under 100 points for the first time this season. The Magic are 2-2 on their five-game trip and 3-4 overall.<\/p>\n

Keyshawn George scored 17 points and CJ McCollum<\/a> added 13 as the Wizards lost their fourth straight overall and third straight at home. Washington has dropped 11 consecutive games against the Magic.<\/p>\n

The Wizards shot 39.8% (39 of 98) from the floor in their lowest-scoring game of the new season.<\/p>\n

After a first quarter of seven ties and four lead changes, Orlando outscored Washington 43-21 in the second and held a 75-56 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n

Banchero hit 5 of 7 shots and scored 15 points, and Wagner added 11 points as the Magic shot 60.9% from the floor in the period.<\/p>\n

Orlando built its lead to 30 points in the third quarter, allowing Magic coach Jamahl Mosley to lean mostly on his bench down the stretch.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Magic: At Atlanta on Monday<\/p>\n

Wizards: At New York Knicks<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON — \u2014 Paolo Banchero had 28 points and 11 rebounds as the Orlando Magic beat the Washington…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-257489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}